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[Sloan <joe@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Wolfgang Woehl wrote:
> Aaron Kulkis:
>   
> > Sloan wrote:
> >     
> > > Philippe Landau wrote:
> > >       
> > > > I almost never click on a tinyurl
> > > > as i don't know what it hides.
> > > >         
> > > I'm a linux user, I click on anything i feel like, without fear
> > > or viruses or spyware ;)
> > >       
> > Same here.
> >     
>
> Security by insignificance? I'd consider getting rid of that habit 
> whenever it will be judged by interested parties that linux desktops 
> now ranged in the significant amounts. Or your specific box gets to 
> be judged significant.
>   

It always seems the "man in the street" assumes that microsoft suffers
from such chronic security woes only because of the overwhelming
popularity of ms windows, and doesn't consider that script kiddies are
just taking the low hanging fruit, the easy target.

I've been using unix too long to be scared by the "viruses are coming,
be afraid" crowd. Sure, it's possible to exploit cartain scenarios on
linux and other unix-like systems, but by the nature of the design it's
not as straightforward and simple as infecting a peecee operating system.

Prudence and reasonable security measures are appropriate for linux
users - blind paranoia is not.

Joe
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